![]() ![]() You lose that edge that makes the Halloween season feel exciting and fun. What do you win: well, I know as a writer and reader of Horror and Mystery that over time you can get a little jaded. Nobody has to feel any chicken bones but it is the best way to enjoy this book. ![]() 31 days, not an overly burdensome amount of reading on each day of the month. Read the appropriate chapter on the day indicated, with the finale happening on Halloween. ![]() I won’t tell you the story because that ruins the game. The original version has wonderful Gahan Wilson illustrations. Lovecraft and Robert Bloch and even the dog writer, Albert Payson Terhune who created the penchant for collies. Zelazny works in material from horror masters like Mary Shelley and Bram Stoker as well as lots of Arthur Conan Doyle and Victorian London, modern masters like H. The whole thing is the most superb love letter to horror fiction and cinema. One of Snuff’s jobs is to keep an eye on the Thing in the Wardrobe and the Thing in the Steamer Trunk. The book is a day-by-day account of the life of Snuff, the guardian dog of Jack the Ripper. Some Octobers I like to play a game with it. A Night in the Lonesome October is a 1993 novel by Roger Zelazny. ![]()
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